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This is one of my favourite restaurants in London. The quality of the dishes is amazing. I like the concept of small plates but many courses.

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One of the best restaurants I have been too.
Food was great, love the tapas style, service and staff were first class.

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Heard many fantastic reviews of this established restaurant and liked the concept.
But being on our doorstep it never felt like it being a proper night out. Decided to finally give it a go for a anniversary celebration.
The welcome and staff were excellent. The dishes were an absolute delight. Unexpected flavours and textures. There wasn't one dish that we didn't love. The only downside was the crispy duck, perfectly prepared and tasted delicious which we both love but paled in comparison to all the other dishes.
I really wanted to try the supplement dishes but we were too full for even dessert.
If you want an exciting meal out it's definitely the place. We'll definitely be going again.
Also the music being played was a really nice range of modern covers and was just at the right noise level to be background.
Thanks for a great evening

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Ok small little place with a little art and white table cloths All simple and clean, sat down had a glass of house white wine not to bad, guest arrived and it took a little time to get his wine, when he did the .. I guess the head waiter said sorry hears a big glass and the taped him on the shoulder.

The food was ok in fact some of it rather good but the odd behaviour of the head waiter was more like a second hand car salesman on a car lot in the east end every fing all right lads type of carry on.

Our waiter was great, if they can get Jon the car dealer out the back .. we will be a ok mate.

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We went to Hunan the first time last night for dinner for my special birthday celebration. We knew it was an experience restaurant and were expecting the food to be outstanding. How wrong we were!! Each course was like some some ordinary Chinese dishes presented in tiny quantities. Many dishes were either bland or under seasoned. The pastry of a fried dumpling was hard and uncooked in places. We ordered dover sole (with a hefty supplement) and half of it was raw. We had to send it back. The best dish was black cod, which several notches above the other dishes. Unfortunately we only had a little of it. Many dishes also had similar taste, which made it a rather uninteresting experience.
The service was actually quite rushed, although they did re-do the fried dumplings for us (still not that good) and did not charge us for the dover sole. The place was poky and had no atmosphere. You do wonder what the fuss is about this restaurant.

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Wonderful varied Asian cookery. Taylored to your likes. Lots of dishes but didn't feel bloated.
When asked how spicy you like the food we said medium but should have said mild as lots of chilli's.
Back section a little cramped, especially if a party of 4. Suggest they invest in round tables to create more space for the customers. Would definately visit again.
Highly recommended.

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The service was excellent and the atmosphere of the restaurant was great, overall we had a good time but there were quite a few improvements that could be made.

The food was on the most part good, driven by the quality of the ingredients and the huge variety (especially the amazingly fresh seafood). However, I couldn't shake the feeling that the flavours were a bit lacking and while we were enjoyed it, we were not wowed as the menu price led us to expect.

The restaurant itself is charming although a little dated. On going to the bathroom area I suddenly felt like I was in a standard Chinese restaurant in Chinatown and there was no sense that place was charging Michelin star prices. It may be worth returning to for lunch at some point but the value did not feel great for dinner.

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To the Manager/Owner at Hunan,

We have previously emailed Hunan with no response.

We recently visited Hunan to celebrate our anniversary, although our experience was not what we had expected. When we arrived we were greeted with good hospitality and taken to our table ready for a great Chinese based dining experience. The wine menu held an extensive list of well priced, good quality wines. The venue is small and intimate which suits it, although the toilets are very run down and need some TLC.

We were aware of the high price point on the restaurant so expected food to match. What let our experience down was the quality of food in general. The food was not what we had expected, there was a lot of grease and oil on most of the dishes and everything felt a little sickening. We know the restaurant dosn't like waste however we wasted a lot of our food. It was like a bottle of sweet chilli had been used without hesitation. The blackened cod is an exception to this; it was great. Overall however, the food didn't really live up to the standards you would expect for a £285 meal - it was clearly quantity over quality.

My girlfriend and I left Hunan, happy with our evening together and a lovely bottle of wine, but disappointed with the food/price ratio and the quality of food. We just felt full of greasy low quality food. Later in the evening my girlfriend did not feel and unfortunately through the night suffered from severe vomiting throughout the night - we believe highly likely this was from the food at Hunan; mussels, lobster, pork, cod; greasy food etc.

We have never written anything like this before and understand it is not what a restaurant wants to be told, but we believe we need to share our experience. As aforementioned, our review is mainly dervived from the very high price in comparison to our experience and my girlfriend being very unwell and in a horrible way which I wish on no one.

We would be very grateful if Hunan could review our experience with care.

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We have been fortunate enough to visit Hunan a few times and without fail, every time, we have been blown away by the experience - amazing food and wonderful service. Staff are attentive without being overbearing and can't do enough to ensure that you have a great time. As for the food, the variety of dishes and imagination behind what is created is magical. From tempura battered green beans (my favourite) through to black cod, sticky lamb and pork in a bag - you will not be disappointed. You really have to experience the variety to get any sense of why Hunan is one of the best restaurants in London. Thank you Michael and JJ for making our recent visit so amazing!

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The ordering at Hunan is simple: "what do you not like?" Just let the waiter know if there's anything you can't or won't eat, and Hunan takes it from there. Small dish after small dish comes out at a relaxed pace, and each seems to be more incredible than the one before--which seems impossible. Right when you think you're done, out comes the main course and then the dessert. I've been going to Hunan since 2005, and there simply isn't a better Chinese food experience. No, it's not cheap, but I promise you'll be raving about it for years to come.

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Tasty food and good service, although better for non-veg than veg food.

The majority of the veg courses were made of tofu which got a bit repetitive and disappointing - I would have expected more variety in terms of ingredients. Also, for an 18 course dinner at Michelin star prices, I would have expected one of them to be a pre-dessert and another to be a dessert. But there was just one dessert of banana fritters, which felt a little basic.

That said, we appreciated the sparkler they put in the dessert for my partner’s birthday and everyone singing happy birthday to him.

Overall, it was a good dining experience and my non-veg partner would happily return for another meal. I would return if they brought more variety into the vegetarian courses and improved the dessert experience.

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